Original Research
The concentration factor on the mixture of Ag paste and H3PO4 solution as a dopant paste for contact formation in silicon solar cells
N. A. M. Sinin
a
A. R. M. Rais
a
K. Sopian
c
M. A. Ibrahim
a

aSolar Energy Research Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

bSchool of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, Malaysia

cDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS,

32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia


Journal of Ovonic Research 2023, 19(6),681-694; https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2023.196.681
Submitted:Aug 03, 2023
Accepted:Dec 02, 2023
Published:Nov 01, 2023
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Cite This Article
N. A. M. Sinin ,A. R. M. Rais ,K. Sopian ,M. A. Ibrahim . (2023). Journal of Ovonic Research. The concentration factor on the mixture of Ag paste and H3PO4 solution as a dopant paste for contact formation in silicon solar cells, 19(6), ,681-694. https://doi.org/10.15251/JOR.2023.196.681
Abstract

Screen printing dopant is a new technique to create emitter regions on solar cells. On top of the emitter region, there will be screen-printed metallic contacts that are commonly used silver as front contact. Both processes are performed in separate procedure which requires two different diffusion process involving a high-temperature process. Silver makes good ohmic contact on both light and heavily doped. A solution is proposed by applying a single step of screen printing and annealing process of Ag and phosphorus acid. Simultaneous annealing of Al, Ag, Ag/P screen-printed pastes form diodes with and without heavily doped phosphorous layers under Ag contacts on n-type and p-type silicon wafers by annealing at a constant temperature of 900℃ while varying annealing time from 10-40 seconds at a 10-second interval. The cross-section image of 5% and 10% of Ag/P was measured by using FESEM with EDX report has identified the presence of phosphorus in the Ag/P paste. Dark IV shows an ohmic contact for both p- and n-type. The ability to form the Ag/P paste in the screen-printing process makes it amenable to use as a self-dopant paste process in solar cells.

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